Friday, February 28, 2014

What are my 5 favorite words?

What are my favorite words?

Aww - "Good god that is adorable!"
OoOoo - Interesting, cool
Cha - you, "ya" usually said " What cha...."
Suppose - "guess" Like "I suppose so."
I - I, Me... (yes, I use that word a lot. THERE IT IS AGAIN!!!)


Favorite words of mine I'm not suppose to use.

...
Fuck
Holy Hell
Mother of god

Monday, February 24, 2014

Personality & Traits Exercise

There was this man I saw today.
Or can I even say man? He was more like a boy still with his wangster pants clingy to his unattractive bouncy butt. Can you guess he was black? Yep, curly haired, dark brown eyes, mustache and goatee, the whole get up.
First I kinda thought he was scarey. Then as I looked closer I could see the gray hairs of a pampered dog on his hoodie which was draped over his skinny linky-body.
He stood right in front of me at the supermarket, toying with his phone in one hand and a loaf of bread danging from the other. I bet his mother sent him out. I glanced at his nose ring. He looked like a lost cow. How could he ever be a professional in life with a face like that? He had small draggy feet. Scooting aimlessly as the line crept forward. It appears he was on Facebook, or texting all the ladies to find some lonely slut. Either way his persona screamed forever alone.


After

There was this man I saw today.
Or can I even say man? More like a boy still with his baggie pants clingy to his buttocks like drugged sloth. Can you guess his complexion? Yes, dark, bushy mopped, eyes like burnt marshmallows, facial fair like a character on a rerun of Saturday Night Live, the whole get up.
First I kinda he gave the impression of a creeper looking for him next robbery. Then as I looked closer I could see the light wiry hairs of a pampered dog on his hoodie which draped over his synchrony tall-body.
He stood right in front of me at the supermarket, toying with his phone in one hand and a loaf of bread danging from the other. I bet his mother sent him out. I glanced at his face. He looked like a lost cow. How could he ever be a professional in life with a piercing like that? He had little sluggish feet. Scooting aimlessly as the line crept forward. On Facebook it appeared, or texting all the ladies to find some bored tramp. Either way his persona screamed "I'm probably going to die alone.".

Monday, February 17, 2014

Essay-A Design is Never Complete.

A design is never complete.
So stop while you're ahead and say "good enough".
The ability to accept your work is one of the hardest achievements going into a multimedia world. This simple statement of mine helps pull in my knowledge and experience of lost time and headaches to help inform you that you need to accept some things just how they turn out. You don't want to be wasting time on something that won't get any better with your effort. You have to remember that time is money, and if you've ever watched gamblers you realize the greater loss in the end of those who just kept wanting more. Although, money isn't everything, you shouldn't be wasteful. It will save you heart ache in the end... and all good things come to an end.
Acceptance is always going to be the first step. Embrace what happened, and leave it in the past. It made you who you are and because of it you have learned. I've lived and I've lost that battle in a number of ways. Sometimes you have let it go, set it down, open a document and realign the margins. Just re-approach the idea as a whole. Find a different color scheme, remember your audience, and take off. A new canvas is a new opportunity. Just remember your concept. Without a subject to share or something to stand for, the idea is empty. Even if the concept was given to you in a blurry mess, stick to it, trust it, and do; there is no try. 

Information is given to us and it doesn't always make since it can be hard to swallow. As a graphic designer we take this information and convey it in crisp communication.  Not only do we process, we translate. It's a gift, and it takes practice.
Some losses happen in this life that are hard to take, but we still start with a clean art board. More room in the heart to start a new, and love again. Don’t lose sleep over a lost cause. Call it good enough.


Friday, February 14, 2014

My Credo

A design is never compleat. 
So stop while you're ahead and say "good enough".

The ability to accept your work is one of the hardest achievements going into a multimedia world. This simple statement helps pull in my knowledge and experience of lost time and head aches to help inform you. That time is money, and if you've ever watched gamblers you realize the greater loss in the end of those who just kept wanting more.

Monday, February 10, 2014

I believe free write responce




Commentary: John Updike's essay for This I Believe                                         Source: All Things Considered (NPR), APR 18, 2005
I was intrigued by this essay of the said "professional writer". His creed is short and simple and he goes on to provide an example. Here's his creed:  "A person believes various things at various times, even on the same day." First he explains himself then moves on to the ideas of politics then religion. He really has a nice writing style. Didn't drag it out to annoy me. I'm not sure I would agree with this man on his subjects but he left them moderately open ended. Which ties back to the main quote. I hope I can pull something like that off in mine. Bah, I plan to take a corporate approach, that may not flow so well for me.